从1958年的《为中国文化敬告世界人士宣言》看港台新儒家的问题意识

The Problem Consciousness of New Confucians within the ‘Manifesto on Behalf of Chinese Culture'

面对西方对中国研究中的局限性,唐君毅等人在1958年签署了《为中国文化敬告世界人士宣言》,提出要对中国文化怀有同情和敬意。并认为中国文化中存在超越性的面向,心性之学是儒学思想的主体。儒学面对现代性的挑战,其使命是民主建国和发展出科学思维。《宣言》确立了港台新儒家的基本面向,然基于历史和时代的原因,他们对于儒家基本特征和发展方向的一些分析可以进一步探讨。

Addressing the limitations of Western research on China,Tang Junyi and his fellow New Confucians signed the'Manifesto on Behalf of Chinese Culture to the People of the World'in 1958.They called for sympathy and respect for Chinese culture,emphasizing Chinese culture’s orientation toward transcendence and the Confucian teaching of mind and nature as its essence.As Confucianism faced the challenges of modernity,its mission became the establishment of a democratic state and the development of scientific thinking.The New Confucian Manifesto established the basic direction for the New Confucians of Hong Kong and Taiwan,in keeping with historical and contemporary factors.Aspects of its analysis of the foundational qualities and tendency of Confucianism deserve a new exploration.